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  2. Wikipedia:Tiers of reliability - Wikipedia

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    Peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, e.g. Science or Nature Literature reviews, systematic reviews, and other review articles; Peer-reviewed conference papers; Examples:

  3. Wikipedia : Identifying reliable sources (science)

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    Consider scope and focus: articles on broader topics and more mature fields should contain less primary research than articles on narrow, actively researched topics. Editors should be especially leery of citing papers making exceptional claims until the relevant community has evaluated the evidence. If a result is cited only by the research ...

  4. Wikipedia:Reliable source examples - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to popular culture and fiction must be backed up by reliable sources like all other articles. However, due to the subject matter, many may not be discussed in the same academic contexts as science, law, philosophy and so on; it is common that plot analysis and criticism, for instance, may only be found in what would otherwise ...

  5. Wikipedia:Reliable sources - Wikipedia

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    Scholarly sources and high-quality non-scholarly sources are generally better than news reports for academic topics (see § Scholarship, above). Press releases from organizations or journals are often used by newspapers with minimal change; such sources are churnalism and should not be treated differently than the underlying press release.

  6. List of academic databases and search engines - Wikipedia

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    Reference guide to articles in >470 periodical magazines and journals, organized by article subject (1890 to present) Subscription H. W. Wilson Company: Rock's Backpages [66] Music: 40,000 Primary documents from the history of rock and roll. Articles, including interviews, features and reviews, which covered popular music from blues and soul

  7. Scientific literature - Wikipedia

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    It primarily consists of academic papers that present original empirical research and theoretical contributions. These papers serve as essential sources of knowledge and are commonly referred to simply as "the literature" within specific research fields. The process of academic publishing involves disseminating research findings to a wider ...

  8. Periodical literature - Wikipedia

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    These publications cover a wide variety of topics, from academic, technical, trade, and general interest to leisure and entertainment. Articles within a periodical are usually organized around a single main subject or theme and include a title, date of publication, author(s), and brief summary of the article. A periodical typically contains an ...

  9. Wikipedia:Evaluating sources - Wikipedia

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    Sources of information are commonly categorized as primary, secondary, or tertiary sources.In brief, a primary source is one close to the event with firsthand knowledge (for example, an eyewitness); a secondary source is at least one step removed (for example, a book about an event written by someone not involved in it); and a tertiary source is an encyclopaedia or textbook that provides a ...